The situation was especially dire in storm-torn parts of New Jersey and New York, where yesterday a man in Queens pulled a gun while in a line for gas.
Last weekend, Subash Gurung, 27, who said he was from Nepal, managed to pass through a security checkpoint at O'Hare with seven knives, a stun gun and a box labeled "tear gas" in his carry-on luggage.
With states like Connecticut and Colorado passing strict new restrictions on gun owners and the President flying around the country to drum up support for national gun control, ammo buyers are like consumers queuing for gas or loading up on gold in the inflationary 1970s.